Yeah, if they win the lottery this year, it will be one year at least of agony.

But if they win again the next year and Lafernierre or Byfield live up to expectations, it could start the healing pretty quickly.

No one even mentions the Kessel trade anymore, and they lost out on Seguin and Hamilton. Oh and Knight, can't forget him.
- david22

If I was Ottawa, I'd be (frank)ing stoked if they draft him. I've only watched limited amounts of both him and Hughes but I like what I've seen't from Lafernierre more.

Hey sens fans! Been a rough season but I've managed to make a video to take your mind off it a little bit - a Hockey Day in Canada montage where you beat the jets!

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Sadly depending on how the draft lottery goes one of the more sad days is still ahead for the Sens. If they get the number one pick and that pick belongs to the avalanche it will be crushing. Just knowing that Jack Hughes could have been a sen but instead goes to a team that is already on the edge of a playoff team will be crushing.

Yeah, if they win the lottery this year, it will be one year at least of agony.
But if they win again the next year and Lafernierre or Byfield live up to expectations, it could start the healing pretty quickly.
- david22

Disconnecting poor performance from a guaranteed top pick is exactly the point of the draft lottery. Regardless of how badly the Senators do this year, there's still a better than 80% chance of someone other than Colorado getting Jack Hughes. And to your point about winning the lottery twice, there's only a 3.4% chance of winning the draft lottery in two consecutive years, even with the highest level of odds. They could be the worst team in the league for 30 consecutive years, and that scenario would only 'likely' happen one time.

People should just stop with the process of attaching speculative names to draft picks, or assuming that will necessarily yield results. I'm sure the Oilers thought picking Hall, Nugent-Hopkins, and Yakupov as #1 picks in consecutive years would be the salvation of their franchise... much like picking players like Daigle, Phillips, and Berard sure seemed like a great start for the Senators in the 1990's. Most of the best players in franchise history weren't even close to #1 overall picks in their draft years, and that includes Karlsson, Alfredsson, Chara, Stone, and Hossa. They really just need to make smart selections with the picks they have, get a few more quality prospects at key positions, and they'll be back to respectability and playoff contention before long.

I think the weekend before the most recent trade deadline was the most devastating. We managed to lose three good to great players in the span of 72 hours (and not "put out the trash" and trade crappy players), all because Ottawa has a cheap owner who obviously does not care what happens with his team. Melnyk once again took fans for fools, using his "face man" Dorion to sell the trades as great for the rebuild - Total BS! Worse still, less than a week later the LeBreton project fell apart, and Melnyk remained owner. No more hope for this team...

I hate this team so much right now.